The Writers Guild of America has added official credits for Avengers: Doomsday, and the new listing gives Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman formal recognition for work on the script. The screen credit will still go to Stephen McFeely and Michael Waldron, but the database now names Reynolds and Jackman among the writers tied to the film.
That matters now because Avengers: Doomsday is just over a month from release, with December 18 set as the opening date. For readers looking for clues about how Marvel is shaping the movie, the credits are the clearest public sign yet that the Deadpool and Wolverine connection is more than a passing tease.
The rest of the credited list is crowded with familiar Marvel names: Eric Pearson, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Jeff Loveness, Andrew Lanham and Destin Daniel Cretton are all officially recognized as contributors. That makes the writing list unusually broad, but it also reflects how Marvel Studios has handled the project after spending significant time at two major conventions teasing returns and feeding speculation about who really belongs in the movie.
Reynolds was the face of that speculation in July, when he showed up dressed as Deadpool at San Diego Comic-Con and asked to be in Avengers: Doomsday. Jackman did the same for Wolverine in a video at D23 in August. Between those appearances and the new credits, Marvel has all but told readers to expect Deadpool and Wolverine back in some form.
Even so, one part of the story remains unresolved: it is still not known for sure whether Deadpool and Wolverine are in the movie, and the expectation has been that they would be glorified cameos rather than full-time members of the cast. The new credits strengthen the case that they did more than just wave at the camera, but they do not explain which scenes or story turns they helped shape.
That gap is what makes the credit update more than a bookkeeping note. It turns a tease into something closer to confirmation of creative involvement, while leaving open the larger question of how much of Avengers: Doomsday they actually occupy when the film opens on December 18.
